Canyon Lake Property Owners Ass'n, In re

972 F.2d 1337 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. In re CANYON LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Debtor. CLAYSON, MANN, AREND & YAEGER; Temescal Water Company, Appellants, v. CANYON LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; Hickey & Neuland; Butterwick, Babcock, Cappelli & Bright, Inc., Appellees. No. 91-55586. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1992. Decided July 24, 1992. 1 Before D.W. NELSON and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and PRO, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 This case involves a dispute regarding the proper interpretation of certain release language contained in a written settlement agreement. 4 In May 1988, Canyon Lake Property Owners Association ("Canyon Lake"), a California, nonprofit, mutual benefit corporation, filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. At that time, Canyon Lake was prosecuting two unrelated civil actions in California's state courts. The first was a legal malpractice…